WordPress theme comparison
Ares vs Hestia
At a glance
- Hestia has more active installs: 70K+, against 700+ for Ares.
- On a typical day, Hestia is downloaded about 785 times, Ares about 1.
- Hestia is rated higher: 4.8 out of 5 from 563 reviews, against 3.2 from 9 reviews.
- Hestia was updated more recently: Oct 29, 2026, against Jan 10, 2019 for Ares.
- Ares has been around longer: since 2015, against 2017 for Hestia.
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Hestia leads on 4 of 4 comparable lines.
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